After a good run, Shirley was eliminated this Wednesday, April 17 at the end of the sixth episode of Top Chef 2024. She lost to her rival Marie during the black box test. A legendary test whose aim is to blindly reproduce a prescribed dish. This is a formidable challenge which required the help of their respective brigade leaders and the members who compose it. Shirley’s departure greatly saddened his team as well as his three leaders : Hélène Darroze, Dominique Crenn and Stéphanie Le Quellec. The latter was particularly disappointed by this elimination. For Tele-LeisureShirley looks back on her last moments in the competition.
“I found this choice more logical“: why did Shirley choose Stéphanie Le Quellec for the black box of Top Chef 2024 ?
Tele-Leisure : You decide to take Stéphanie Le Quellec into the black box. Why not choose Dominique Crenn to help you?
Firstly, it is a strategic choice, because chef Stéphanie Le Quellec has a huge palate. Be careful, I’m not saying that the chef, Dominique Crenn, doesn’t have one (Laughter). But Stéphanie Le Quellec has already worked with MOFs, so I found this choice more logical. Secondly, it was also to please him. When she participated in Top chef in 2002, the black box test did not yet exist. I said to myself that it would make him happy to finally experience this legendary ordeal.
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When the judge announces that you are eliminated from the competition, Stéphanie Le Quellec breaks down in tears. She takes you in her arms…
It remains one of my most striking, moving and touching memories of this season. The boss had tears in her eyes. She hugged me and kept saying, ‘I’m sorry‘.
“She blamed herself personally“: Stéphanie Le Quellec touched by the elimination of Shirley in Top Chef 2024
Why do you think chef Stéphanie Le Quellec apologized?
In fact, she was personally angry with herself for having done this test with me and not having passed it. My start in the competition was too accelerated, so she felt guilty for not having managed to keep me in the adventure longer. His reaction touched me enormously. I told him : “Don’t be sorry“.
You seem to have a real connection with the leaders of the Orange Brigade, don’t you?
Yes. I am still in regular contact with the chef Stéphanie Le Quellec. We sometimes drink coffee together in Paris. We often write messages to each other, and we check each other’s news. She warned me that if I needed anything, advice or anything else, I shouldn’t hesitate to ask her. It’s really great to have kept this link. Generally speaking, the leaders of the orange brigade are always there for us, and that makes me extremely happy.
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